- Tarō Kōno, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan

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The beginning of the OSCE’s long and fruitful relationship with Japan owes much to the astute political thinking of the Japanese leaders who after the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s were seeking to intensify the country’s relation with Europe.

Günther Bächler has been Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus since January 2016. He speaks about dealing with the consequences of the 2008 war in Georgia and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

As part of the OSCE’s support for the campaign 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, we talked to Dalia Leinarte, a leading scholar on gender issues and chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).

The subtitle of this special issue of the journal Security and Human Rights is “Unraveling Complexities in OSCE Mediation”. And indeed, “complexity” is the word that best sums up the practice, challenges and potential of the OSCE’s role as a mediator...

How has the situation for women in the military changed over time? Read our interview with Major General Tammy L. Harris, the first woman to hold the position of Deputy Commander of the Canadian Air Force.

The explosion in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 affected the lives of millions of people for years to come. OSCE participating States are strongly committed to the alleviation of the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster.

Governing a city is all about creating the conditions for citizens to flourish, explained Park Won-soon, Mayor of Seoul, at the OSCE Security Days event Creating inclusive, Safe and Sustainable Cities in Vienna on 30 and 31 March 2017.